Dias nummer 1

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Geography

• Village of Trångsviken
• pop 700
• Municipality of Krokom
• pop 14 000, 6000Km2
• (province of Luxembourg 4500km2)
• Region of Jämtland
• pop 125.000, 50.000Km2
• (Belgium pop 10million, 30.000km2)
• 650Km north of Stockholm

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Background

• Crisis - declining population, school and
  infrastructure.
• No one else will do it for us.
• Community Center
• Trångsviksbolaget AB

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Community Centre - Social cohesion
Important service facilities Flying bumblebee
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• A professional development partner.
• Employment and increasing population.
• Commercial sustainable perspective.
• EU-project, Structural Funds Objective 1.

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Culture

• Entrepreneurial Culutre
• 80 enterprises, 700 inhabitants
• Mentorship and guidance
• Selfemployment
• School 10 year of entrepreneurship programme.

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Financing

• Classic
• Banks, no risks or local connection.
• Almi, no risks and bureaucratic.
• Funds, policy doesnt fit.
• Regional subsidy support ok.
• New
• Saminvest Fund (Objective 1)
• Mutual Guarantee Societey
• ?

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Results

• Establishment of new enterprises - 28
• New employment situations - 20,
• Households increased with - 20.
• Trångsviksbolaget
• - Commercially sustainable.
• - Turnover 1 million Euro, 7 employees.

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Experiences

• Structural funds has been helpful.
• External board members.
• Close cooperation at all levels with personal
  networking.
• Effectiveness with money
• Breaking cultural and mental barriers
• Few new enterprises by public guidance.
• Financial solutions a problem.

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Conclusions

• Local leadership with competence and social
  capital.
• Structure
• Research
• Models
• Better financial tools necessary.
• We have plenty of social capital but lack of
  monetary capital.

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Next step

• Risk willing favourable loans (not subsidy).
• Private sector involved in decision making.
• Can European Investment Fund be a solution?

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